Daily Kennebec journal., 1887-11-12
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
All the Condemned Get Several Hours OF
sIcep-farsons, Fischer and spies Make
Final Statements.

All the Condemned Get Several Hours Of
sicep-Farsons, Fischer and spies Make
Final statements.
Between and O'Clock this morning the
rumble of wheels outside the prison pene-
trated the thick walls, and van drove up
and unoaded four collins, one for Spies. one
for E.ngel, one for Fischer and one for Par
sons At $3.50 o'clock ali were asleep,
Fielden and Schwab i'll their cells in the
second tier having retired before midnight
In the first flush of relief, to them inpris-
onment for life was very large matter,
and they could sleep III safety. About
O'Clock Fischer awoke, and after refreshing
himself with draught of water relalised
into siumber.
Not many minutes from q o'clock came
daylight, cold, pitlless the law about to
be avenged, and hustle different from
that OF the night invaded the seclusion of
the prison The day of the hanging had
arrived. Six O'Clock came and the rum
bling of wagons, the blowing of whistles
and the ringing of bells told that the people
outside were astir But the Anarchists
slept on. 1t was just 10 minutes TO
when Engel awoke Within the next ten
minutes his three doomed companions OPP
ened their eyes. They tumbled out of their
cots and hastily dressed themselves
No conversation took place between the
Anarchists and their guards Spies and
Parsons simply bade them good by, and in
lew moments the deputies emerged from
the cell room. They were relieved by
others. Fischer was the first one TO emerge
from his cell Accompanied by two
deputies he stepped over to the plain iron
sink and took good wash. His every
movement was closely watched Spies
next performed his ablutions and seemed to
enjoy them. Old man Eugel followed the
young Anarchist and the last to wash was
Parsons.
At 1:20 two walters from Martel's
restaurant brought to the prisoners their
breakfasts
Rev. DR.. Bolton arrived at 1:45 a. IN
and passed into the cell room. Passing first
into Parsons cell he attempted to engage
the doomed Texan in religious conv ersation
Parsons had not yet finished his breakfast
W hat passed between them was not diyulged
In the mean time Spies had called for paper
and envelopes and when they were fur
nished he began writing, He was inter
rupted hy the sheriff, who accosted him and
stood in front of the cell door while they
talked The sheriff took notes of the con
versation, and then passed on.
Writing materials were furnished to Par
sons and Fischer, who immediately set
about preparing statements Engel made
no request for pen or paper but sat stoidly
on his bed looking at the opposite wall OF
his cell
The clergyman passed into the north cor
ridor. and from the gallery overlooking the
scaifold took IA view of that grim structure.
Then he returned and paced nervously back
ward and forward in front of the cells con
tanning the fated Anarchist.
1t was now $50, and not thirty feet away
from the condemned, the massive iron
barred door was changing, constantly ad-
mitting crowds Of newspaper men aud
deputy sheri1s, crowding the little room
almost to sutfocation. and indulglng in u
loud buzz Of conversation that could be
heard plainly in the cells.
spies internal fever had so increased AS
to induce him to order glass of Rhine
wine, which being brought to his cell,
he swallowed it at a gulp. a few minutes
were then occupied III writing autographs
for the officers attached TO the sheriff $
office
DR.. Mayer, the assistant county physi-
clan, asked each Of the other conde nned
men if they desired stimulants, and all save
Engel replied in the negative Engel asked
for some port wine IL was given him at
once, and he gulped down three large
glasses.